Frederick Huntsberry was named Chief Operating Officer, Paramount Pictures in July 2006. He is responsible for worldwide strategic planning and operations for the studio including finance, IT, human resources, industrial relations, studio operations, sourcing, community and government relations and the office of the general counsel.

Prior to Paramount, Huntsberry was President, NBC Universal International, where he provided strategic direction for new business development growth opportunities, as well operational oversight for international TV distribution and global networks.

Before that, Huntsberry was President, NBC Universal Television Distribution & Universal Pictures Group International Operations. In his role as President, NBC Universal Television Distribution, he oversaw all U.S. first-run syndication and domestic and international television distribution sales activities. As President of Universal Pictures International Operations, Huntsberry contributed to the oversight of numerous international operating divisions of Universal Pictures, including theatrical distribution, home entertainment, and related business development/strategic planning activities.

From 2002 to 2004, Huntsberry was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Vivendi Universal Entertainment. He was formerly responsible for all worldwide financial activities, which included Universal Pictures, Universal Television, Universal Operations and Universal Parks & Resorts. Huntsberry was instrumental in the sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment to General Electric, in May of 2004.

From 1999 to 2002, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Universal Pictures and represented Universal on the operating committees of Universal International Pictures and United Cinemas International.

From 1997 to 1999, he served as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Universal Television & Networks Group, with responsibility for all finance and administrative activities for Universal's television businesses.

Huntsberry joined Universal in January 1997 as Vice President, Television Business Development, where he led strategic planning and financial operations for the group.

Prior to joining Universal, Huntsberry was Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions Europe for General Electric, where he worked for over 12 years. During this time, he held a broad range of finance and business development positions in a broad array of industries including medical systems, plastics, industrial systems, and information services. He is a graduate of GE's Financial Management program.

Huntsberry holds a Bachelor's Degree with a concentration in finance from Boston University.

Doug Lichtman joined the faculty at UCLA in 2007, after a tenured teaching career at the University of Chicago. His areas of specialty include patent and copyright law; telecommunications regulation; and general legal issues pertaining to technology firms and the Internet. Lichtman's academic work has been featured in journals including the Journal of Law & Economics, the Yale Law Review, and the Harvard Business Review. He also writes for mainstream publications like the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. In addition to his academic pursuits, Mr. Lichtman maintains an active consulting practice, advising Fortune 100 clients on patent and copyright strategy. He is currently serving as Scholar in Residence at the Los Angeles office of Loeb & Loeb. Mr. Lichtman has undergraduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from Duke University, and a JD from Yale Law School.

Ronald C. Wheeler is Senior Vice President, Content Protection, with Fox Entertainment Group (FEG) in Los Angeles. In this capacity, he supervises the negotiation of content protection technology licenses and the content security-related aspects of digital content licensing deals. and oversees the company's worldwide anti-piracy and copyright litigation activities. He also represents Fox at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and in a number of multi-industry standard-setting efforts, and is closely involved in domestic and international legislative and regulatory issues regarding content protection.

Prior to taking his current position, Wheeler was Vice President, Legal Affairs for Fox’s Home Entertainment subsidiary, where he provided worldwide antitrust and anti-piracy counseling, litigation management and transactional work on a wide variety of acquisitions, licensing and distribution deals. He is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Minnesota Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude.